Bobcat HOLIDAY Pride
Sunset Valley Elementary - week of December 15 - January 5
The Principal's Den
Our Campus Webpage
PLEASE TAKE OUR SURVEY!
The 3rd Ever SVES Survey before December 15th
Important Dates to Remember in December & January
Friday, December 15 - Early Release at 11:55 am
- PJ Pep Rally & Sing Along 8:00 - 8:45
- K-2 Winter/Holiday Party 9:00 - 10:00
- 3-4 Winter/Holiday Party 10:00-11:00
Monday, December 18 - Wednesday, January 3
- Winter Break - NO SCHOOL
Thursday, January 4
- All students return to school!
Friday, January 5
- Report Cards
Monday, January 8
- Bobcat Bash (by invitation only)
Thursday, January 11
- Fire Drill
Saturday, January 13
- Elementary Theater Showcase 11:00 am @ Timbercreek High School ($5.00 charge)
Monday, January 15
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day - NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, January 17
- Make up Picture Day & Club Pictures
Friday, January 19
- SVES Western Day (more information to come)
Monday, January 29 - February 2
- Scholastic Book Fair
Wednesday, January 31
- 100th Day of School - Dress up day (more information to come)
Thursday, February 1
- SVES Open House
Check out the Lost & Found!
A Message from Theater!
We invite you to come see some talented 3rd graders perform and help our theater earn money! The KISD Elementary Theater Showcase is a fundraiser for all elementary theater programs. It will be Saturday, January 13th at 11:00 a.m. at Timber Creek High School in the auditorium. Tickets will be $5.00 and must be in cash! Please come to help us provide more opportunities in our theater programs!
Thank you!
Haley Wilborn
Free & Reduced Lunch Application
Volunteer Opportunities at SVES
Are you interested in helping in the office or classroom at SVES on a regular basis? Are you planning to chaperone a group of students on a field trip, help with PTA events, become a WATCH DOG volunteer, or chaperone at a school event? If you answered ‘YES’ to any of the above questions, you must complete a Volunteer Form/Criminal History Background check. To be eligible to volunteer on any of the KISD campuses, this process is completed each school year. To be considered as a KISD Volunteer for 2017-2018 school year, please complete the Volunteer Form. If you have a student at more than one KISD campus, you only need to fill out the application one time this school year. Please submit your Volunteer Application through the following link: Volunteer Application. Sign up TODAY!!
Once under the "Volunteer Form" job listing, click "Apply for this Position" to begin filling out the form. Once your application has been approved, you will receive a confirmation via the email address you provided in the application process. You only need to apply one time each school year. Our PTA is going to be posting specific volunteer opportunities however here are some other options for you:
- Classroom helper - help our teachers with door decorating, bulletin boards, reading to students, organizing notebooks/folders, cutting/laminating, etc.
- Library - help shelve books and with the check out/in process, reading to students, etc.
- Office/School helper - answer phones, using the laminating machine, sort/distribute mail, covering lunch duty for teachers, etc.
- Watch Dog Dad - Fathers, grandfathers, step-fathers, uncles, and other father figures who volunteer to serve at least one day a year in a variety of school activities as assigned by the school principal or counselor.
After-School Clubs
- Mondays - Kinder - 4th grade Running Club 3:15 - 3:50
- Mondays - Cub Scouts- Lion Den 4:45 - 6:00 & Tiger Den 6:00-7:00 in the Library
- Tuesdays - Coding Club for 2nd - 4th grade 7:15 - 7:45 am starting October 3 (Kinder & 1st will also be invited at a later date)
- Tuesdays - Fun with Clays for 1st - 4th grade- November 7, 14, 28, Dec. 5, 12, 19 from 3:10 - 4:10 pm in the Art Room
- Tuesdays- Girl Scouts Troop 1162 starting at 6:30 pm
- Tuesdays - (starting Sept. 26) Kinder - 4th grade Science Matters from 3:15 - 4:15 in the Library. Register here: www.sciencematters.tv
- Wednesday - Battle of the Books for 3rd & 4th grade 7:15 - 7:45 am (more information to come)
- Thursdays - (starting Sept. 14) Marimba for 4th grade from 7:00 am - 7:30 am in the Music room
- Fridays - Golf Squad for Kinder - 4th grade from September 29 - November 7 and January 26 - March 23. Register here: https://golfsquad.com/school/sunset-valley-elementary/
Other Art Sessions coming up. Applications will be available at least 2 weeks prior to the starting date.
- Paper Mache' Magic for 3rd & 4th grade - Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30, Feb, 6, 13
- Shutter Bugs for 2nd - 4th - Feb. 20, 27, Mar 6, 20, 27, Apr 3
- Miscellaneous Madness for Kdg - 4th - Apr 17, 24, 22, May 1, 8
Our Bell Schedule
1st Bell – 7:25 am Students are allowed in the building at designated areas
2nd Bell – 7:40 am – Students are allowed to walk to classrooms. Teachers are present at their door to welcome students.
3rd Bell – 7:55 am – Tardy Bell – Students not in the building at this time will receive a tardy slip.
4th Bell – 3:10 pm – Kindergarten – 4th grade dismissal
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The Sunset Valley PTA is Amazing! But I'm sure you already knew that! :)
Join the SVES PTA!
NEW this year! Online memberships! As we start the new PTA year we'd like to offer you the ability to sign up or renew your membership online at http://www.joinpta.org/
For just $10 per membership, you can create a voice for every child! Student memberships will receive a punch card for 1 free concession item at our PTA events (good for 3 events)
- Feel you don't have time? No worries. Being a member of PTA doesn't require your time, however we do have volunteer, chair, and board positions available! Please email us sunsetpta23@gmail.com if you are interested.
- Not a Sunset Valley Elementary parent? That's ok too!! Grandparents, neighbors and friends can join as well! A voice for a child is still a voice for a child...having a community backing our youth is backing our FUTURE! JOIN US!
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Our PTA does so many events and programs to support our students and amazing teachers! Help us reach our goal of 1 voice for every child!!
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Thank you for your support!
SVES PTA